Side-post construction for cars.



A. H. SISSON. SIDE POST CONSTRUCTION FOR ems.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 28 1 912.

Patented Oct. 6, 19%

THE NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTD LITNOH WASHINGTON. n cy To all whom it may concern 1 l D STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

nmann'rn. SISSON, ononrcneo, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO FORSYTH nnornnn'sy corr- IPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

Application filed J'ulne as, 1912. Serial No. 706,337.

j Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. SISSON, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Side-Post Construction for Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has to do primarily with side post construction for steel railway cars although adapted also to the steel framing of sheet metal structures of other sorts.

The object of the invention is to provide a side post whlch shall constitute a rigid vertlcal support between window openings and a firm point of attachment for the sheathing including the letter board of the car, which I can be constructed without waste of material and at a low cost of manufacture by of the few operations required.

' The invention reaches also to the attach-f ment between the sideposts and the sheath. ing whereby the window frame is provided. in a simple and eflicient manner to produce a harmonious effect.

In the accompanying drawings wherein corresponding, reference numerals indicate similar parts throughout, I have illustrated by way of example one ment of the invention.

In these drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portionzof theside framing of a car constructed according to the invention; Fig. 2 is a detail perspectiveview upon an enlarged scale showing the connection between the window post and the upper sheathing or letter board of the car; and Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the connection between the lower. sheathing, the 'window post and window sill. Fig. 1: is a fragdrawings reference numeral 11 side while 12 designatesthe upper sheathing, or, as it is more commonly called, the letter board. Supported below: by the side sill and above by the side plate, neither of which is shown, is the side post 13 formed in the present case of sheet steel by bending a sheet of the same longitudinally at 1-1 and 15jto form a channel having, upper and,

preferred embodilower transverse slits a and b. These slits are; spaced at intervals corresponding to the upper and lower margins of the Window openings. The channel portions above the I i upper pair of slitsa are then bent outwardly 160 to form wing flanges .16 and 171 With; their front faces lying in a common plane backof the front face of the post while the channel portions below the lower pair of. slits bare I also bent outwardly toform similar wingeo flanges 18 and 19.- The channel portions in termediate the two pairs of slits are bent inwardly toward each other as shown at 20 a and. 21 and meet to close the front of; the channel and constitute thereof a tubular y o portion 23. i 1 H The plane of the outer :faces of the mem-1 hers 16, 17, 18 and 19 is disposed back ofthe post portions 20and 21, a distance corresponding to the thickness of the sheet metal sheathing so that when the upper sheathing .12 is placed upon the wing flanges 16 and 17 and secured thereto by means of the rivets 24 and when the lower sheathing 11 is placed upon the wing flanges 18 and 19 and secured thereto by the rivets 25, the front face of the tubular portion of the post will occupy a plane flush with thatof the sheathing.

The upper sheathing or letter board 12 is cut away at 26 to providefa notch corresponding in Width to that of the tubular. portion of the post and is marginally bent iny ward as shown, at 27 to give an upper finish to the window opening while the sheathing 11 is likewise notched at:28 for a width corresponding to that of the tubular portion of the post and bent inwardly, above jtheupper ends of the flanges l8 and19 and :alongs1de thepost to form the window sill or sash rest 29. Upon eachvof the sides of the posts between thesill 29 andflthe upper marginof the window opening is suitably secured the sash guide strip 30."

The meeting edgesof the inwardly bent I facing portions 20 and 21 are. preferably; welded together to form a substantially integral structure while the line of junction 28 between the sill and the tubular post may likewise be joined by. welding or any other suitable manner. 3 U It will bereadilyappreciated that the structure described is a very economic one a from the standpoint of, manufacture and material while it possesses in. a high degree the requisite characteristics of stability andQlio flanges, the tubular portion constituting window post, and the sheathing overlying and secured to the flanged channel portion, substantially as described.

12 '2. In a side post construction, a sheet metal channel provided with a pair of mar ginal alined slits, the margins on one side ofthe pair of slits bent inwardly toward each other to form a tubular portion and fo on the other side of the pair of slits bent outwardly to form a channel port-ion with wing flanges, the tubular portion constituting a window post, and sheathing overlying and secured to the flanged channel portion 12 and inwardly bent over the flanges in line with the slits and alongside the post to form a window sill, substantially as described;

3. Ina side post construction, a sheet metal'channel provided with spaced pairs of marginal alined slits, the margins of the channel between two pairs of slits bent inwardly toward each other to form a tubular intermediate portion and on the other sides of the two pairs of slits bent outwardly to form a channel portion with wing flanges, the tubular portion constituting a post between adjacent window openings, and the sheathing overlying and secured to the flanged channel portions, substantially as described.- I

'4. In a side post construction, a sheet metal channel provided with spaced pairs of marginal alined slits, the margins of the 4'55 channel between two pairs of slits bent inwardly toward each other to form a tubular intermediate portion and on the othersides of the two pairs of slitsbent outwardly to form-a channel portion with wing flanges, [50 the tubular portion constituting a post between adjacent window o'pening's,the sheath- 7 ingoverlying and secured to the flanged channel portions, and inwardly bent over the lower flanges in line with the slits and F alongside the posts to form window sills,

substantially as described.

5.111 a side post construction, a sheet metal channel provided with spaced pairs of marginal alined slits, the margins of the 60 channel between the two pairs of slits bent "inwardly toward each other and welded to- 'gether to form a tubular portion, the margins'of thechannel beyond the tubular porv tio'nbent outwardlyjto'form a channel por- "db 'tion with wing flanges occupying a plane slightly to the rear of the front face of the tubular portion constituting a post supporting adjacent window openings", the sheathing overlyingand secured to the flanged channel portions above and below the win- ,dow openings, the upper sheathing notched and inwardly turned to form an upper marginal finish for the opening and the lower sheathing notched and inwardly bent over the wing flanges and alongside the post to form a window sill, substantially as described.

- 6. The method of constructing a side framing for cars. and other buildings, which consists in forming. a metallic sheet into a channel having alined marginal transverse slits arranged in pairs corresponding to the upper and lower edges of the window opening, bending the margins of that portion of the channel between the two pairs of slits 85 inwardlytoward each other to form a tubular post separating adjacent window openings, bending the margins of those portions of the channel above and below the tubular portionoutwardly to form wing flanges occupying a common plane, and securing the sheathing to the outer. faces of the wing flanges above and below the tubular portion, substantially as described.

7 The method of constructing a side framing for cars and other buildings, which consists in forminga metallic sheet into a channel having aline'd..marginal transverse slits arranged in pairs corresponding one to the upper and the other to the lower line of 1-00 the window opening, bending the margins of that portion of the channel between the pairs of slits inwardly toward each other, welding the meeting edges to form a tubular post between the window'openings, bending 1-05 those portions of the channel. above and below the tubular portion outwardly to form wing flanges occupying a common plane slightly to the rear of the front face of the tubular portion, securing the sheathing to 1-10 the front faces of the wing flanges and :framing for cars and other buildings, which consists in forming a metallic sheet into a channel havingalined marginal transverse slits arranged in pairs corresponding one to the upper and the other to the lower line of the window opening, bending the margins of that portion of the channel between the pairs of slits inwardly toward each other,

welding the meeting edges to form a tubular post between the window openings, bending those portions of the channel above and below the tubular portion outwardly to form wing flanges occupying a common plane a the front faces of the wing flanges and bendslightly to the rear of the front face of the tubular portion between the inwardly bent tubular portion, securing the sheathing to h h h (11 f substantially as described.

ing t e upper s eat in inwar to orm a an upper finish for the v vindow opining and ALBERT SISSON' the lower sheathing inwardly alongside the tubular portion to form a window sill, and securing guide strips uponthesides of the Witnessesz J. G. DUDLEY, EmzABETn BRANDT.

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portions of the upper and lower sheathing, 10 1 

